petroliferous
petroliferous adjective: containing or yielding petroleum.
Adjective
petroliferous (comparative more petroliferous, superlative most petroliferous)
- Containing or yielding petroleum.
- Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24
Forms of petroliferous
| comparative | more petroliferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most petroliferous |
Origin of petroliferous
From petrol + -i- + -ferous.
Words that rhyme with petroliferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about petroliferous
- What does petroliferous mean?
- Petroliferous means containing or yielding petroleum.
- What part of speech is petroliferous?
- Petroliferous is an adjective.
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